Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital, Services, Contacts

Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital Description

Teaching and Referral Hospital Hospital is a Government health centre which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. It is located in Homa Bay Township Sub-location, Homa-Bay location, Asego Division, Range Constituency in Homa Bay County.

Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital Contacts

Type: Teaching and Referral Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Homa Bay, Nyanza
Division: Asego
Location: Homa-Bay
Sub-Location: Homa Bay Township
Constituency: Rangwe
County: Homa Bay

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Nearest Town: Homa-Bay

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Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 280
Number of Cots: 8

Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital Services:

                         Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital

  1.  Antenatal
  2.  Antiretroviral Therapy
  3.  Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
  4.  Caesarean Section
  5.  Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
  6.  Curative In-patient Services
  7.  Curative Outpatient Services
  8.  Family Planning
  9.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
  10. HIV Counselling and Testing
  11.  Home-Based Care
  12.  Immunization
  13.  Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
  14. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
  15.  Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
  16.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
  17.  Tuberculosis Labs
  18.  Tuberculosis Treatments
  19.  Youth Friendly Services

Overview of County Teaching and Referral Hospital

Hospitals in Kenya are classified commonly based on the agency that owns the health facility. The players in the health sector are the Government of Kenya, which manages public health institutions, faith-based organisation (FBOs), NGOs and private investors. Each county in Kenya has several teaching and Referral Hospital, which are the main coordinating and referral centre for the smaller units. 
Teaching and Referral Hospital are the first referral hospital and form an integral part of the district health system. They are managed by medical superintendents.
Level 4 Hospitals in Kenya should provide the following:
  1. Curative and preventive care and promotion of health of the people in the district;
  2. Quality clinical care by a more skilled and competent staff than those of the health centres and dispensaries;
  3. Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centres;
  4. Laboratory and other diagnostic techniques appropriate to the medical, surgical, and outpatient activities of the district hospital;
  5. Inpatient care until the patient can go home or back to the health centre;
  6. Training and technical supervision to health centres; as well as a resource centre for health centres at each district hospital;
  7. Twenty-four-hour services;
The following clinical services are provided in Teaching and Referral Hospitals in Kenya
  1. Obstetrics and gynaecology;
  2. Child health;
  3. Medicine;
  4. Surgery, including anaesthesia;
  5. Accident and emergency services;
  6. Non—clinical support services;
  7. Referral services;
  8. Contribution to the district-wide information generation, collection planning, implementation and evaluation of health service programmes.
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